Chilcot inquiry to hear ‘illegal’ Iraq war claim

EXPLOSIVE evidence showing the British government was “clearly advised” the Iraq war was illegal will be disclosed at the Chilcot inquiry just days before Tony Blair gives evidence.

Michael Wood, the Foreign Office’s chief legal adviser, is expected to reveal he believed the war was unlawful without a second United Nations resolution.

Elizabeth Wilmshurst, a senior lawyer who quit in protest at the invasion, will also tell the inquiry she was not “a voice in the wilderness” in harbouring doubts over the legitimacy of military action, the Independent on Sunday newspaper reported.